Teach us to hear your voice

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Today, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, is also known as Vocations Sunday in the Church of England. It’s a day when Churches up and down the land will be thinking about what God might be calling each of us to, our … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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This week's photo is a picture of my Rosary Beads. I find praying the Rosary a great help at times, especially when I have difficulty finding the words I need and struggle to just be still with God -- been especially … [Read more...]

Strengthen us to proclaim your risen life

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Following the resurrection of Jesus, the disciples were filled with boldness and fresh hope, and went on to found the early Church. Those tired and defeated men who had slipped away fearing for their lives following the … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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We had a day out in Hunstanton last Friday; the first picture is from there -- we managed to miss all of the showers throughout the day. While we were there I bought some small figures, that are for model railway sets, … [Read more...]

Open the doors of our hearts

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Today is The Second Sunday of Easter -- Easter Day being the First Sunday of Easter. Our Collect for today has some words that I often use in my prayers -- they're words I use when I pray for help in discerning God’s … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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This week's picture is of a couple of Easter Lilies, taken on a window sill in Godmanchester Church. These are really pretty flowers, but you don't want to brush up against them, especially in a white surplice -- that … [Read more...]

A new day has dawned

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For a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open. Words from the Collect for Easter Day. For a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open. These words, for me, are words of hope. At the dawning of this … [Read more...]

Bring us out of the prison of our despair

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I wonder what it would have been like for those first disciples following the crucifixion of Jesus. They’d had so much hope; hope that Jesus was the promised Messiah, and all the hope and the promise that that gave … [Read more...]

May we place at his feet all that we are

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On that very first Good Friday, two thousand years ago, the day that our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, a cruel and horrible death, he gave his all for us. He was willing to suffer that hideous death for us! For you … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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Trying to be disciplined again this week, and just pick one of my #photoaday pictures. This is one of the flowers that Liz bought from the market last week: the head of this carnation was broken off. You can see … [Read more...]